Megh Neupane

The following articles were created/updated throughout August 2007 for InstallShield Related Products – categorized based on section –

FIXES/HOTFIXES

• COM Extraction Fails on Systems Older than Windows XP SP1
• COM Extraction Causes System Corruption during Uninstall
• Unparsed Records in SdFilesInUse and SdRMFilesInUse Dialogs
• Licensing Hotfix for InstallShield 2008 Premier and Professional Editions

INFORMATIONAL

• Workflow Manager 4.04 Now Available
• Expected Behavior of Response Transform Wizard
• Updated iPlugin.dll for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
• InstallShield 2008 Express Edition Release Notes
• Known Issues in InstallShield 2008 Express Edition
• Migrating Projects to InstallShield 2008 Express Edition

HOWTO’s

• Resolve Signtool.exe Build Error

PROBLEMS

• Your Current Security Settings Do Not Allow This File To Be Downloaded

Reference: InstallShield Support

The following articles were created/updated throughout July 2007 for InstallShield Related Products – categorized based on section -

BUGS

• AdminStudio Phase Shows 100% Complete, but Workflow Does Not Progress
• Support Files Not Available in OnBegin Event
• AdminStudio Workflow Phase Never Reaches 100%

CODES

• Generate a GUID in the Automation Interface
• Getting the Volume Serial Number

FIXES/HOTFIXES

• Error 1001 Occurs at Run Time
• Uninstall of Developer Causes Build Errors in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
• Error -1628 Occurs on 64-bit Machines
• Error when Adding Package via Citrix Installation Manager and Transform is Specified
• Error when Adding Package via Citrix Installation Manager and Transform is Specified
• Installing AdminStudio 8.5 on a non-English OS Causes Error -1609
• OS Conditions in DIM Files May Evaluate Incorrectly
• ‘Program Compatibility’ Dialog on Windows Vista Appears During .NET 1.1 Installation

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When building a DIM reference into an InstallShield project, you may see that OS Conditions evaluate the ‘Greater Than’ conditional statement as ‘Equals’.

Applies to Product(s):

• InstallShield 2008 Premier
• InstallShield 2008 Professional

Project Type: Windows Installer, InstallScript MSI

Solution:

Per InstallShield Support, this is due to an issue present in InstallShield’s DIM Import module.

Download new DimImport.dll & Resolute

The July 2007 edition of Macrovision’s Newsletter has the following as highlights:

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  • AdminStudio 8.5 prevents DLL conflicts with Citrix virtualization support
  • AdminStudio wins two 2007 Redmond Readers’ Choice Awards
  • Tip: Setting isolation options for Citrix virtual profiles
  • Save time by indentifying which applications to repacakge for Windows Vista
  • AdminStudio training special: Sign up with co-workers and save!

New Knowledge Base Articles Added Include:

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  • HOWTO: Troubleshooting Major Upgrades
  • INFO: Changing the IP Address of the Workflow Manager Application Site
  • HOWTO: Configuring Job Manager to Run as a Service

Visit the July 2007 AdminLetter for links & details.

AdminStudio includes a standalone, zero-footprint setup for Repackager. This allows you to install Repackager by itself on a clean machine to repackage applications. The repackaged setup can then be transferred to a build machine with AdminStudio installed or copied to a network location. The download is in the form of a setup.exe that should be launched on the clean machine.

Beginning with AdminStudio 8.5, the standalone Repackager is available on the installation DVD in the Tools folder entitled “StandaloneRepackager.exe”. 

More Information & Download

Building an .inc file that contains certain shortcut entries can lead to an error during the build. A message indicating “An unknown error occurred” is present in the build log, after shortcut information is displayed, and an .msi file will not be created.

This is caused by a bug present in AdminStudio 6.0 with or without Value Pack 1.

Download the HOTFIX (islc.exe) & Steps for Resolution

This article explains how to determine if the current user is an administrator on Windows or the root user on Unix, and how to halt the installation and display an error dialog when this current user criterion is not met.

This article applies to the following:

Product(s):

• InstallShield X Premier, InstallShield 10.5 Premier, InstallShield 11 Premier
• InstallShield X Professional, InstallShield 10.5 Professional, InstallShield 11 Professional
• MultiPlatform 4.x, MultiPlatform 5.x, FLEXnet InstallShield MultiPlatform 11.5

Project Type: Universal Installer
Operating System(s): Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Solaris (SPARC), MAC OS, Linux, MAC OS X, AIX, Windows 2000/XP, All Windows, Windows Vista

What does this mean and how to troubleshoot?